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Zero wrote:There was a pretty long conversation about this in the AV Club comments for The Kindly Ones. The popular theories are Lucifer and Morpheus, and I lean towards the latter.

Yeah, I've been reading those threads, very good stuff. I don't think it was Lucifer, he's pretty much a good guy in Gaiman's world. I initially thought it was Desire, but now I think it being Morpheus himself makes the most sense, especially with his conversation with Death right at the end. He did it on purpose, but tried to pretend that he didn't. Like giving Nuala the pendant, but on a larger scale.

Punchy wrote:Yeah, I've been reading those threads, very good stuff. I don't think it was Lucifer, he's pretty much a good guy in Gaiman's world. I initially thought it was Desire, but now I think it being Morpheus himself makes the most sense, especially with his conversation with Death right at the end. He did it on purpose, but tried to pretend that he didn't. Like giving Nuala the pendant, but on a larger scale.

Odin says it best when he asks if he's a spider spinning his web or a deer caught in headlights. He's both. He's the fly and the headlights too.

Also Loki being 'fire and wit and beholden to no-one'. Puck and he would find the whole thing hilarious.

I'm seriously tempted to do that, after all this Sandman talk. But I've got so many other books in my mental queue!!

Just started reading Longshot last night. What's up with the odd talking (hearing color, tasting sounds, etc)? I didn't know that Ann Nocenti was writing like Grant Morrison before Grant Morrison was writing like Grant Morrison!

I've always assumed that Puck and Loki weren't hired but rather bound to Sandman after he allowed them both to roam free after their respective stories were told as their masters/keepers didn't really notice their absence.

In a lot of ways, I think Morpheus was more calculating than we're led to believe. He does things with purpose and we see the purpose later on.

Foiled – I go through the indie books on DCBS before buying my books, and the second volume of this caught my eye, Curses, Foiled Again. It made me smile so I got this, the first volume.

Your typical teenager gets mixed up with a fantasy world story. It’s fun. Really liked the protagonist describing her life/family.

Art was really nice. Favorite part was when she first sees the fantasy world and the fairly queen just floats by. Also really liked when the super asshole dragon flies around and pulls her hair. The book is in black and white and the character is color blind, but when the fantasy world starts showing up she starts seeing color and they add it to the book so it was a cool effect.

Deadpool: Killustrated – This was disappointing, it wasn’t that funny. Apparently this continues the story of Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe and ends with Deadpool Kills Deadpool I think the voice in his head/caption is what’s telling him to kill everything.

There were some neat bits, like DP teaming up with Frankenstein and a ripoff team like the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. I don’t know if I’ll get the next trade, it’s interesting but I don't know if it's worth it.

Are was great, Matteo Lolli! He used to draw the Marvel Adventures Spidey book I really liked.

Uncanny X-Force v.5: Otherworld – Wasn’t really enjoying this until the end. That was some hardcore shit from Psylocke, really cool twist to the story. Didn’t like her losing her emotions or whatever bs.

Was AoA Nightcrawler always a grumy pants? That’s why I didn’t like the thing with Psylocke, bunch of sourpusses on X-Force.